FRIDAY [25] food • Hatch Chile Festival at Central Market North Lamar (8am-9pm) shopping • Flipnotics Clothespad celebrates its 14th anniversary by hosting a big sidewalk sale, with $10 "Stuff a Bag" vintage threads for the ladies and 20% everything else (8am-9pm) books • Robin Meyers presents Why the Christian Right is Wrong: A Minister's Manifesto for Taking Back Your Faith, Your Flag, Your Future at BookPeople (7pm) music • Gorilla Biscuits, Terror, Comeback... more ›

The FDA approved Plan B as an OTC drug for women 18 and older; the Christian Right looks on in horror as chicks across the nation head out to slut it up. An American woman is about to become the first female space tourist. Tourism: that's where we are Vikings. Apparently, being hipper-than-thou won't save you from laptop explosions. Apple's recalling batteries, just like Dell. Rescued POW Jessica Lynch is pregnant. In perhaps unrelated... more ›